While most of our friends begin university with a wild fresher’s week or embark on trips around the world, we start our gap years with eight months working as legal support co-ordinators in the Leeds office. This time last year we were doing A-Levels and experiencing the joys of UCAS. Now we are working to gain…

Hello! My name is Kate Lockwood and I am a first seat trainee in the Projects team in Manchester. As a bit of background, I am an Economics & Management graduate from the University of Leeds, who ended up in the big graduate pool wondering what it was I actually wanted to do next with my…

Many of you will be returning to (or beginning) University after the summer break, entering various stages of your degree or career. I had my fair share of summer breaks, and the fair share of two other people, having completed a degree in English Literature, then Law, then a Masters (I thought there was a…

After five years of education, three gap years, travelling through nine countries and countless part-time jobs (including ‘mushroom picker’), the start of my training contract has finally arrived! Following a week spent training in the firm’s Manchester office, the infamous residential induction week in Bedford was upon me. Before you begin your training contract with Pinsent…

Hello, Having just commenced my training contract with Pinsent Masons in their London office I am going to share my thoughts about life as a new trainee over the months ahead. Having been here less than a week only a limited amount has happened thus far, so I thought the best thing to do would be to…